Nightwood Editions celebrates Gillian Jerome’s nomination for the 2010 ReLit Awards shortlist for her debut book of poetry entitled Red Nest.

The ReLit Awards (Ideas, Not Money) were founded in 2000 and celebrate new work released by independent Canadian literary publishers. ReLit is short for Regarding Literature, Reinventing Literature, Relighting Literature.

Enter the surreal adventure that is Gillian Jerome’s debut collection of domestic, urban and intergalactic eclogues. Just when you’ve been ambushed by gods and stars, you’re catapulted back into a wild sprawling city filled with cordless phones, coyotes and the hairdos of dandelions. The brave and rambunctious creatures in this book nest in the humour and horror of the 21st-century. ... Click to see news item

Nightwood Editions and Caitlin Press congratulate their 2010 Poetry in Transit  poets! The project will be launched at  Vancouver's Word on the Street festival on September 26, 2010 and the poems will appear on buses in the Lower Mainland immediately and in Skytrains in October. Joe Denham's poem "South of Black Point, Southeast Wind Screaming" (Windstorm), and Laisha Rosnau's poem "He was the Number 14" (Lousy Explorers) were selected from Nightwood Editions. Caitlin Press poets Fiona Tinwei Lam ("Water Park", from Enter the Chrysanthemum) and Kuldip Gill ("Mill Yard Sounds", from Valley Sutra) were also chosen to be two of the sixteen poets in this year's program. Congratulations all!

Nightwood Editions is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Bachinsky’s God of Missed Connections has been shortlisted for this year’s eighth annual George Ryga award for Social Awareness in BC writing and Publishing. Also shortlisted is A Thousand Dreams by Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd & Lori Culbert (Greystone) and Where The Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring (Talonbooks). ... Click to see news item

Ryan Wahl will be signing copies his book Legacy in Wood: The Wahl Family Boat Builders at Coles- Avalon Mall (48 Kenmount Road) in St John’s, NL on Saturday, September 4th from 1-3 pm.

Legacy in Wood is a detailed portrait of master boat builder Ed Wahl and the important role his family business played in the creation of British Columbia's fishing industry. ... Click to see news item

Nightwood Editions, Ricepaper Magazine and the Magazine Association of BC are pleased to host the launch of Ricepaper Magazine Issue 15.3 - Flavours of Food, and Ray Hsu's new book, Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon (Nightwood Editions).

The event will be held at the Rhizome Café (317 E. Broadway) on Thursday, August 19. Arrive at 6:00 pm for a hot beverage and a sweet treat, free for first 60 tour-goers. From 6:20–6:55 pm there will be the reading of a tasty new play by Linda Mei, entitled Culinary Contributions, featuring Adrienne Wong and Fiona Tinwei Lam. Followed by Ray Hsu mixing one part Joy of Cooking, two parts happening! ... Click to see news item

Harbour Publishing, Nightwood Editions and Caitlin Press are pleased to announce the nominees for the 2010 ReLit Awards longlist:

The Fly in Autumn by David Zieroth (Harbour Publishing)
God of Missed Connections by Elizabeth Bachinsky (Nightwood Editions)
Red Nest by Gillian Jerome (Nightwood Editions)
Lousy Explorers by Laisha Rosnau (Nightwood Editions)
Never More There by Stephen Rowe (Nightwood Editions)
Wax Boats by Sarah Roberts (Caitlin Press)

The ReLit Awards (Ideas, Not Money) were founded in 2000 and celebrate new work released by independent Canadian literary publishers. ReLit is short for Regarding Literature, Reinventing Literature, Relighting Literature.

The Fly in Autumn is a nuanced work with an absurdist twist involving recognizable landscapes such as North Vancouver quays, and piers and harbour fog. ... Click to see news item

Celebrate Pride with a reading and book signing for Nightwood author Andrew Binks' novel  The Summer Between, at Chapters Rideau (47 Rideau Street, Ottawa) on Saturday, August 28th from 1pm-4pm.

Like his attempts to swim over the dark water of the river that lies between him and the object of his affections, twelve year- old Dougaldo Montmigny struggles against oppression, homophobia and racism to realise his love for Tomahawk Clark, a thirteen-year-old Metis boy, during a summer destined to become a painful lesson on love and desire. ... Click to see news item

Tor Forsberg will be signing copies of her new book, North of Iskut: Grizzlies, Bannock and Adventure, at Books & Company (1685 Third Street, Prince George), on Saturday, August 14th from 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm.

In 1971 Tor Forsberg was twenty-three and her life was at a crossroads. Having returned to Watson Lake in the Yukon after five years in Montreal, she found her art career at a standstill and the party life of a small town much too alluring. Then one day after a particularly wild night, she bumped into Lynch Callison, the father of an old boyfriend. Lynch invited her to his lodge at the LV ranch to “get her head straight.” The next morning she found herself bumping along Highway 37 in an old pickup, heading south to Iskut. ... Click to see news item

Sterling Haynes will be signing copies of his new book, Wake-Up Call: Tales from a Frontier Doctor at Mosiac Books (411 Bernard Avenue), on Saturday, September 11th at 12:00 noon.

In his second book, Wake-Up Call, Sterling Haynes begins by telling us that at the age of seventy a left hemisphere stroke rearranged his brain. “My right creative side took over and I started to write poetry and humour. I was left with a partially paralyzed right foot, but a writer’s creative right brain. I think I got the better of the deal, a new brain in trade for a foot. The funny episodes in my medical practice became hilarious. The sad, melancholy parts of my life’s memories looked less bleak.” ... Click to see news item

The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures in Northern Cooking website launched this weekend. Curious cooks can now visit www.borealgourmet.com for new recipes with unique northern flavours. Author Michele Genest will update the website regularly with new recipes, journal entries and website links that she believes adventurous cooks will enjoy.

The Boreal Gourmet cookbook is available in stores now. Cooks and food lovers in Whitehorse, Vancouver, Toronto and Dawson City can meet Genest and taste some of her recipes at events happening across Canada in June.

In The Boreal Gourmet, Michele Genest shares her taste for northern life and flavours. This unique cookbook transports readers through northern meadows, forests, rivers, lakes, oceans, gardens and even pantries. Be it braised moose ribs with espresso stout and chocolate, marinated caribou blade steak with blueberry reduction, or elk liver pate, Genest remains faithful to the rich culinary culture of Canada’s north.